SUSE & openSUSE

Install Google Chrome browser in openSUSE

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:16:15 PDT

Google Chrome is the new cool faster browser that has been around and making news for a while but only on Windows until recently they finally released the Linux version of the browser. With google...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

RedNotebook – free opensource Diary and Journal for Linux

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 13:47:35 PDT

RedNotebook is a free opensource Diary and Journal software that can help you keep track of your notes, tips, tiny information you tend to forget, images etc. RedNotebook is simple and easy to use...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

openSUSE 11.3 Roadmap and release calendar

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:33:00 PDT

A quick calendar on the roadmap for openSUSE 11.3 release. With the openSUSE 11.3 milestone 4 released today, the next release Milestone 5 is expected on the 5th April 2010 and the final stable...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 4 has been released

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:17:53 PDT

As scheduled, openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 4 has been released. You may now download and beta test the version keeping in mind this is still in development and not ready yet to upgrade your existing...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

DenyHosts to secure from SSH Brut force attacks

admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:31:48 PDT

DenyHosts is a free opensource utility to secure your SuSE server or your openSUSE system from Brut-force attacks on the SSH server running on your system. DenyHosts works by updating the...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

How to control CRONTAB/AT permissions in SuSE/openSUSE

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:45:10 PDT

As you may be aware, ‘AT’ allows you to run a command or script at a particular time (say at midnight) and ‘CRONTAB’ allows you to run commands and scripts at scheduled times...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

1-click installs for Nagios Addons & plugins in openSUSE 11.0

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:55:53 PDT

I’ve compiled here a list of 1-click installs for various Nagios plugins and adddons. These are quite useful and some especially server monitoring applications like OpenQRM and sensors. If you...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

1-click installs for Nagios in openSUSE 11.1

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:12:17 PDT

Nagios is a powerful monitoring system that enables organizations to identify and resolve IT infrastructure problems before they affect critical business processes. Nagios is a powerful tool that...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

iftop to monitor traffic/bandwidth in SUSE/openSUSE

admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:31:21 PDT

iftop is yet another free opensource tool to measure bandwidth utilization on the network interfaces on your systems or servers. As the name predicts, iftop is what “top” utility is for...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

openSUSE 11.2 Milestone is released for testing

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:26:02 PDT

openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 4 is out for download and testing today. With significant changes from Milestone 3, this is not still production or stable usage standrad but testers and openSUSE enthusiasts...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]